Critical Frequency of Self-Heating in a Superelastic Ni-Ti Belleville Spring: Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulation

The mechanical loading frequency affects the functional properties of shape memory alloys (SMA). Thus, it is crucial to study its effect for the successful use of these materials in dynamic applications. Based on the superelastic cyclic behavior, this work presents an experimental methodology for th...

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Autores principales: Emmanuel Ferreira de Souza, Paulo César Sales da Silva, Estephanie Nobre Dantas Grassi, Carlos José de Araújo, Antonio Gilson Barbosa de Lima
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:995794ddc81442e8a111aa6e1f89b4782021-11-11T19:08:16ZCritical Frequency of Self-Heating in a Superelastic Ni-Ti Belleville Spring: Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulation10.3390/s212171401424-8220https://doaj.org/article/995794ddc81442e8a111aa6e1f89b4782021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/21/7140https://doaj.org/toc/1424-8220The mechanical loading frequency affects the functional properties of shape memory alloys (SMA). Thus, it is crucial to study its effect for the successful use of these materials in dynamic applications. Based on the superelastic cyclic behavior, this work presents an experimental methodology for the determination of the critical frequency of the self-heating of a NiTi Belleville conical spring. For this, cyclic compressive tests were carried out using a universal testing machine with loading frequencies ranging from 0.5 Hz to 10 Hz. The temperature variation during the cyclic tests was monitored using a micro thermocouple glued to the NiTi Belleville spring. Numerical simulations of the spring under quasi-static loadings were performed to assist the analysis. From the experimental methodology applied to the Belleville spring, a self-heating frequency of 1.7 Hz was identified. The self-heating is caused by the latent heat accumulation generated by successive cycles of stress-induced phase transformation in the material. At 2.0 Hz, an increase of 1.2 °C in the average temperature of the SMA device was verified between 1st and 128th superelastic cycles. At 10 Hz, the average temperature increase reached 7.9 °C and caused a 10% increase in the stiffness and 25% decrease in the viscous damping factor. Finally, predicted results of the force as a function of the loading frequency were obtained.Emmanuel Ferreira de SouzaPaulo César Sales da SilvaEstephanie Nobre Dantas GrassiCarlos José de AraújoAntonio Gilson Barbosa de LimaMDPI AGarticleshape memory alloyssuperelasticityNi-Ti Belleville springself-heating frequencydynamic loadingChemical technologyTP1-1185ENSensors, Vol 21, Iss 7140, p 7140 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
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topic shape memory alloys
superelasticity
Ni-Ti Belleville spring
self-heating frequency
dynamic loading
Chemical technology
TP1-1185
spellingShingle shape memory alloys
superelasticity
Ni-Ti Belleville spring
self-heating frequency
dynamic loading
Chemical technology
TP1-1185
Emmanuel Ferreira de Souza
Paulo César Sales da Silva
Estephanie Nobre Dantas Grassi
Carlos José de Araújo
Antonio Gilson Barbosa de Lima
Critical Frequency of Self-Heating in a Superelastic Ni-Ti Belleville Spring: Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulation
description The mechanical loading frequency affects the functional properties of shape memory alloys (SMA). Thus, it is crucial to study its effect for the successful use of these materials in dynamic applications. Based on the superelastic cyclic behavior, this work presents an experimental methodology for the determination of the critical frequency of the self-heating of a NiTi Belleville conical spring. For this, cyclic compressive tests were carried out using a universal testing machine with loading frequencies ranging from 0.5 Hz to 10 Hz. The temperature variation during the cyclic tests was monitored using a micro thermocouple glued to the NiTi Belleville spring. Numerical simulations of the spring under quasi-static loadings were performed to assist the analysis. From the experimental methodology applied to the Belleville spring, a self-heating frequency of 1.7 Hz was identified. The self-heating is caused by the latent heat accumulation generated by successive cycles of stress-induced phase transformation in the material. At 2.0 Hz, an increase of 1.2 °C in the average temperature of the SMA device was verified between 1st and 128th superelastic cycles. At 10 Hz, the average temperature increase reached 7.9 °C and caused a 10% increase in the stiffness and 25% decrease in the viscous damping factor. Finally, predicted results of the force as a function of the loading frequency were obtained.
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author Emmanuel Ferreira de Souza
Paulo César Sales da Silva
Estephanie Nobre Dantas Grassi
Carlos José de Araújo
Antonio Gilson Barbosa de Lima
author_facet Emmanuel Ferreira de Souza
Paulo César Sales da Silva
Estephanie Nobre Dantas Grassi
Carlos José de Araújo
Antonio Gilson Barbosa de Lima
author_sort Emmanuel Ferreira de Souza
title Critical Frequency of Self-Heating in a Superelastic Ni-Ti Belleville Spring: Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulation
title_short Critical Frequency of Self-Heating in a Superelastic Ni-Ti Belleville Spring: Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulation
title_full Critical Frequency of Self-Heating in a Superelastic Ni-Ti Belleville Spring: Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulation
title_fullStr Critical Frequency of Self-Heating in a Superelastic Ni-Ti Belleville Spring: Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulation
title_full_unstemmed Critical Frequency of Self-Heating in a Superelastic Ni-Ti Belleville Spring: Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulation
title_sort critical frequency of self-heating in a superelastic ni-ti belleville spring: experimental characterization and numerical simulation
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/995794ddc81442e8a111aa6e1f89b478
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